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    Russian 201st division in Tajikistan gets new commander

    ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
    31 Jul 04

    Dushanbe, 31 July: Col Sergey Yudin has started his duties as the new
    commander of the 201st Russian Motor-Rifle Division, based in
    Tajikistan.

    He has replaced the former commander of the division, Maj-Gen Yuriy
    Perminov, who was appointed deputy commander of the army in the
    Siberian Military District.

    The new commander was presented to personnel by a deputy commander of
    the forces in the Privolzhsko-Uralskiy Military District, Lt-Gen
    Nikolay Yershov, who also conducted a regular inspection of combat
    readiness at the division's sub-units.

    One of the battalions of the 201st division is a part of the
    collective rapid-deployment forces of the Collective Security Treaty
    Organization Collective Security Treaty Organization; members are
    Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia . The
    division's tactical groups are also closely interacting with Russian
    border forces in Tajikistan by backing up the Moskva and Panj border
    detachments both on the Tajik-Afghan border with their heavy armament.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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